Form - Signed form to appoint a drummer | McCord Museum

Form

Signed form to appoint a drummer

Date 1744

Dimensions1 textual record ; 20.8 x 16.5 cm

ClassificationCommunication Objects - Documentary Objects - Other Documents

Origin Boston, Massachusetts, United States, North America

Object NumberS001/D1.3,5.1

DivisionArchives - Textual Archives

CollectionStewart

Scope and ContentForm signed by William Shirley (1694-1771), governor of Massachusetts, authorizing the enrolment of a volunteer in the militia regiment scheduled to take part in the expedition against Louisbourg to be led by William Pepperrell, during the War of Austrian Succession (1740-1748).

NotesSource of title: based on the nature of the document.

Signatures and inscriptions: signed by Pepperrell and Shirley.

Physical description: red wax seal covered with cardboard.

Language of the document: the document is in English.

Status

Not on view

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